#space exploration
On June 24, the European Space Agency (ESA) released the largest and most detailed image of the center of the Milky Way in visible light, created with VIS (Visible Camera), one of the two instruments aboard the Euclid space telescope.
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As the project was launched in July 2008, I never thought that this blog, then still referred to as "Astrofan80’s Blog", would still exist after 18 years. This year, the blog and my homepage have essentially come of age.
Having passed the solstice, the sky begins to reveal its typically summer features. By midnight, the spring constellations will have disappeared, making way for Scutum and others.
Artemis III is delayed to late 2027. NASA confirmed this to Congress: SpaceX and Blue Origin will not be ready before this date for the orbital docking test. The 2028 moon landing remains the goal, but the margin for success is shrinking.
The debate over Pluto's status as a planet is reignited. NASA's Jared Isaacman supports reclassification, preparing scientific documents to fuel the discussion.
There are no signs of extraterrestrial technology on comet 3I/ATLAS, which visited the inner part of the Solar System. This was reported by researchers at the SETI Institute after conducting a series of studies of this interstellar object.
On June 17, NASA held a teleconference to discuss an ambitious project to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift space observatory. This meeting involved NASA, Katalyst Space, and Northrop Grumman, aiming to counter the satellite's orbital decay.
The ESA in detail: role, funding, member states, and major missions. Understand everything about the European Space Agency, a key partner in the Artemis program and the International Space Station.
The James Webb Space Telescope has characterized the surface of a rocky exoplanet for the first time, revealing a dark, hot world without an atmosphere. Discover the implications for exoplanet geology and the search for habitable planets.
Trump ordered the declassification of UFO files in 2026. What the AARO and NASA reports really say, and why some lawmakers see it as a distraction from the Epstein files.
Tonight, the Starship V3 flight 12 launches from Starbase, Texas, marking the first flight of the new generation spacecraft. This launch is crucial for both SpaceX and NASA's Artemis program.
